Table 1.

In vivo suppressive activity of crude ethanol husk extract of Zea mays (4-day test) against P. berghei infection in mice.

Drug/extract	Dose (mg/kg)	Parasitaemia	% Chemosuppression
Distilled water extract	10 mL/kg	44.33 ± 2.18	–
	187	29.00 ± 1.02a	34.58
	374	20.66 ± 0.33a	53.39
	748	13.66 ± 1.45a	69.18
Artesunate	5	0.52 ± 0.01a	98.82

Values are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. Significance relative to control.

^ap < 0.001: n = 6.